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Properties / Re: Legal Rights Of A Rent Tenants And Some Unlawful Acts Often Done By Landlords by cooljoy10(f): 10:40pm On Jun 29, 2015
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Alright thanks a lot, but I tot I can get a lawyer on this forum because I have none for now.[/color am so confused!
1.) You can be held liable for the damage/defacement done by your visitor. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, you hear? angry angry

2.) Accommodating a visitor for that length of time in a rented house is a violation of the terms of most rent agreement. You cant harbor guests without the landlord's consent.
It is a good and valid reason to eject a tenant. It is even worse if the visitor messed-up the place.


Your Landlady will not refund you and she is not obligated t do so.
Good step you went to the Mediators but some of them take "Ribba" from Landlord and drag feet on such issues.
Go back to the mediators and report that you are being denied the right to use the conveniences.

If they still drag feet, you will need a Lawyer to file a civil suit for breaches to your right to enjoy the use of what you paid for.
Seek "damages" that would cover your loses, your legal cost and inconvenience.

On the other hand, you can "trigger" a court case by removing the lock on the toilet door (after making recordings of it being locked and you being prevented from using it..... this will serve as court evidence in future) and then your landlord will be forced to take action against you....legally or otherwise. This is your cheapest option as you will be the defendant

[color=#000099]But be careful with some of this winch landlords o! Make im no spread bad thing for ground for you o!
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Properties / Re: Legal Rights Of A Rent Tenants And Some Unlawful Acts Often Done By Landlords by cooljoy10(f): 11:14pm On Jun 28, 2015
Please I need urgent help!!!
I paid two years rent where am staying now and I have used 1year and two months out of the 24months I paid for. I just accommodated a church member for like 2months nd my landlady complained that my visitor did not flush the toilet well and locked the toilet and bathroom am entitled to for more than a month now; I reported her to lagos state Tenant/landlord mediators and she didn't show up. Now I have told her to return my 10months rent balance which she has not returned till date. Please how do I fight for my right and have my money back??
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lmao those baba dey do jazz o. It's best to just avoid them
not returned. How do I fight[quouthor=wisdomguy4u post=35242510]It's a known fact that most people are not learned in terms of their legal rights as regard to tenancy, this has given some landlords(rent lawyers) the onus to act in such a reckless and unlawful ways toward their tenants without any fear of percussion. You can only defend your right when you know you have a right.

This are some unlawful acts often perpetrated by landlords towards their ignorant tenants:

1. Inadequate eviction: Locking out tenants, and physically throwing them of their property or assaulting him for his inability to pay rent at when due. Only the court can order and carry out the eviction of tenants, it's a legal wrong for a landlord or a rent lawyer to in anyway evict a tenants without an adequate court process. A tenant when unable to pay rent as at when due, is still a lawful tenant and must be treated with respect. A tenant who is inadequately evict due to inability to pay rent ,has a legal right to sue the landlord for damages.

2. Inadequate notice to quit: The duration of time for which the notice to quit will expire is determine by the kind of tenancy relationship existing between the tenant and it's landlord. The landlord has no right to quit the tenant anytime he likes .
* where the tenant pays monthly: the law requires that he is entitled to full one month notice.
* where the tenant pays every six months: he will be entitled to a full three months notice.
* where the tenant pays yearly: he will be entitled to six months notice.

Any notice short of the above stipulated notices is unlawful and gives the tenant right to sue for unlawful eviction.

3. Interference in the tenant privacy: The landlord has no right to walk into the tenant's apartment or make use of any of his property without an express permission from the tenant. The tenant is by law in exclusive possession and can sue his landlord for trespass if the landlord comes into his apartment without his permission. The landlord has no legal right to decide who visit his tenant unless the visitors constitute a nuisance to other tenants.

4. Inhabitable condition of the premises: it's an implied term of tenancy agreement that a landlord who let a building out must ensure that the building is in good condition. Where a tenant after paying rent, discovers that the house is not in a habitable condition, he has a legal right to sue the landlord for refund of rent and adequate compensate for the inconveniences he caused him. There are many cases where a tenant park into a house during the dry season, and when raining season comes, the house gets flooded, or the roof leaks or any other unbearable inconvenience .

5. Repairs of premises: The landlord has no right to compare his tenant to carry out all repairs in the premises. It's the duty of the landlord to carry out major (external and structural) repairs like damaged roof , cracked or collapse walls e.t.c . while the tenant carry out minors (interior)repairs like damage doors, window, sockets e.t.c


Note: However this tenancy right is sometimes varied by landlords in the agreement between them and their tenants , Where the tenant ignorantly waves any of his right in a Tenancy Agreement, he is bound by it. This is why you are advise to read and understand the Tenancy Agreement before you attest your signature on it. [/quote]

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